[C320-list] Port gate stanchion replacement

[Chris Burti]

While I can't properly "recommend" this for a lot of technical reasons
including work hardening the metal and the fact that I am making
assumptions based on experience with other fabrications, not this one.  I
can tell you that if it were my boat, I would bolt the brace leg down in
the two old holes, then force the stanchion bolt over into its original
hole and bolt that down. I am guessing, but believe that as long as there
are backing plates or adequate washers under the deck, I would expect the
base plates to end up flat and the stanchion vertical. YMMV

Chris Burti
Farmville, NC


On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 9:50 AM, pat reynolds <lorasalum at yahoo.com> wrote:

> If you don't want to try and bend it, check with the parts dept at
> Catalina Yachts.  I got one a couple of years ago for my 1995 320
>
>     On Saturday, May 5, 2018 12:18 PM, Daryl Hunt <drhunt at rochester.rr.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>  Greetings fellow C320 owners.  I ordered a replacement port gate
> stanchion for my '99 C320 (#660) a year ago from Catalina Direct and am
> just getting around to the install.  I had to remove some fiberglass to
> access the bolts but finally got the old one off. It wasn't until then
> that I realized the new stanchion is not the same as the original.   The
> tall upright base holes line up but the lower "h" shaped part is
> narrower and lower.  On the original, the lower leg is angled whereas
> the new one is vertical.  Here are images showing the difference
> <https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19oRGlyWshUXXYwMr6LjtRY7HnwTaU
> vXZ?usp=sharing>.
>    Catalina Direct only shows one type of gate stanchion for the 320s
> <https://www.catalinadirect.com/index.cfm/product/1485_
> 704/gate-stanchion-port-highlow.cfm>.
>
>
> The height difference doesn't bother me but the lower stanchion plate is
> ~1" short of the original holes.  I might be able to bend it but then
> the plate itself would not be flat.  I'd hate to have to drill new
> holes.  Has anyone else run into this problem?
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Daryl
>
> (585) 233-7814
>
>
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